Branchiostegus brevis Lin et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Malacanthidae

Full reference: C.-H. Lin, D. Nolf, E. Steurbaut and A. Girone. 2017. Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(11):879-907

Belongs to Branchiostegus according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRSNB P 9652, an otolith

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Peyrehorade, escarpment SE of dam, N of ‘la Téoulère’ (Eocene of France)

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